Revelation 1:17
"And when I saw Him"
"I fell at His feet as dead"
It may be like the apostle John you know Jesus Christ intimately, when suddenly He appears with no familiar characteristic at all, and the only thing you can do is to fall at His feet as dead. There are times when God cannot reveal Himself in any other way than in His majesty, and it is the awfulness of the vision which brings you to the delight of despair; if you are ever to be raised up, it must be by the hand of God.
"He laid His right hand upon me." In the midst of the awfulness, a touch comes, and you know it is the right hand of Jesus Christ. It is not the right hand of restraint nor of correction nor of chastisement, but the right hand of the everlasting Father. When ever His hand is laid upon you, it is ineffable peace and comfort, the sense that "underneath are His everlasting arms," full of sustaining and comfort and strength. When once His touch comes, nothing at all can cast you into fear again. In the midst of all His ascended glory the Lord Jesus comes to say "Fear Not"
Watch some of the things that strike despair. There is despair in which there is no delight, no horizon, no hope of anything brighter; but the delight of despair comes when I know that "in me (that is,in my flesh0 dwelleth no good thing." I delight to know that there is that in me which must fall prostrate before God when He manifests Himself, and if I am ever to be raised up it must be by the hand of God. Remember! God can do nothing for us until we get to the limit of the possible. When we can't seem to accomplish any more!
"GOD CAN"
May God Bless You
And Your Families
Minister: Robert A. Lail
The Cross Life Ministry
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